Chinese Entertainment King: Starting as a Fat Boy and Becoming a Singing King

Teacher Yang Kun seems to have heard about this inside story, but he has not verified it with the program team.

"Xu Yao, let's go all out in this final match."

After saying this, Yang Kun left, unwilling to discuss any behind-the-scenes issues related to the program.

Xu Yao opened the system panel and stared at the option: Voice Evolution - Rage Voice Unlocked, 2000 points.

"exchange."

A warm current surged up from deep in his throat, as if someone had lit a lamp on his vocal cords.

He could feel that the way his vocal cords closed had changed, and that his breath produced a grainy vibration as it passed through his throat.

The whole process lasted about ten seconds.

When he opened his eyes again, he cleared his throat and tried to sing a line.

"Me and you..."

The voice resonated steadily in the most familiar chest resonance area.

"Separated by a barrier, unseen..."

He suddenly stopped.

In my memory, Wei Xiang's angry voice was a hoarse, grainy voice, scraped from deep in his throat, carrying a sense of struggle and burning heat.

Xu Yao needs to find his own voice of anger.

Take a deep breath and start again.

"You and I are separated by an invisible time difference..."

The angry voice burst forth from his throat, not with Wei Xiang's characteristic husky, smoky voice, but with his unique, deep resonance, suddenly exploding outwards.

The underlying sound is warm and deep, like the sea at night.

The angry roar was like a wave suddenly rising on the sea, rushing out with emotion.

It appears broken but is not truly broken; it is more stable and more robust than Wei Xiang.

With the secret weapon in hand, Xu Yao nodded in satisfaction.

Xiao Jingteng arrived at the afternoon rehearsal.

Only he, Xu Yao, and the music arranger were in the rehearsal room, while Yu Feng waited on the side.

Xu Yao stood in front of the microphone and sang the entire song "All of Me".

The verses were sung very steadily, with a rich mid-to-low range that spread through the air like a dark background.

When it came to the chorus, he added an angry note to the last line, "Give your all to me," and he pushed the "me" out with that angry note.

The rehearsal room was silent for two seconds.

Xiao Jingteng frowned, stood up, and walked to Xu Yao.

"Why did you add that angry tone?" His voice wasn't loud, but his tone was direct.

"I wanted to give this song a progressive structure," Xu Yao said. "The beginning of the chorus is a confession, and the last line needs a climax to make the audience feel the emotional high."

Xiao Jingteng shook his head, his expression serious: "What is the core of this song? It's honesty, not showing off. When John Legend wrote this song, he was at the piano late at night, singing it to his fiancée. It was private, quiet, and didn't need any technical embellishment."

He paused, looking at Xu Yao: "You added an angry tone, which changed the feel of the song. Moreover, your angry tone is unstable. Today was a rehearsal, and you performed well. But in a live competition, with the lighting, sound, and tension, if any of these elements go wrong, your angry tone could turn into a cracked voice. That's too risky."

Xu Yao remained silent for a while.

He knew Xiao Jingteng was right.

An angry sound requires exhaling through both the nose and mouth, strong and brief, with the airflow vibrating against the uvula.

This technique requires extremely high control over the vocal cords; any instability will result in a weak or even cracked voice.

Moreover, his body was already at its limit; weighing 120 kilograms, he would be out of breath after singing two choruses in a row.

"Teacher Xiao," Xu Yao looked up, "I feel like my body has reached its limit. This might be my last competition, and I want to challenge myself. I'm already here, and I don't want to leave any regrets."

Xiao Jingteng looked at him, his brows furrowing. The two discussed and argued for a long time, but in the end, Xiao Jingteng did not agree with Xu Yao's adaptation.

Xu Yao turned his head and glanced at Yang Kun sitting next to him.

Yang Kun lowered his head and remained silent.

Xiao Jingteng also glanced at Yang Kun.

The atmosphere in the rehearsal room suddenly became very subtle.

The music arranger was busy adjusting the parameters on the computer, pretending not to hear anything.

"Teacher Xiao," Yang Kun finally spoke, his voice low, "let him give it a try."

Xiao Jingteng turned to look at Yang Kun, his eyes filled with confusion.

"His vocal range is unstable, which can easily cause problems on stage," Xiao Jingteng said. "If he gets eliminated because of this..."

He didn't finish speaking, but his meaning was already very clear.

Yang Kun was silent for a few seconds. Then he stood up, walked over to Xu Yao, and patted him on the shoulder: "Let him try. Maybe it really is the last one. Let's respect Xu Yao's choice."

Xiao Jingteng glanced at Yang Kun and ultimately chose to compromise.

"Okay, but you'll need to practice two extra hours every day, specifically focusing on the angry vocals. If you're still not consistent the day before recording, just sing the original version without adding anything."

"Okay," Xu Yao said.

That evening, Xu Yao returned to his hotel room, lay on the bed, and took out his phone to browse Weibo.

He clicked on the trending topics list and paused for a moment.

#Xu Yao, a singer known for his great voice, gained 100 pounds after a breakup#

It ranked seventh on the trending searches.

Xu Yao clicked on it and saw a long article pinned to the top by an entertainment blogger.

The title is quite sensational: "From School Uniform to Wedding Dress, and Then to 250-Pound Single: Xu Yao's Journey to a Great Voice."

The article was written in a seemingly plausible manner: After being dumped after graduating from university, Xu Yao became self-destructive, his weight soaring from 150 pounds to 250 pounds within six months, and he even suffered from mild depression. Until one day, he heard Zhao Chuan's "I'm Ugly But I'm Gentle" in his rented room, and suddenly realized a truth—"Love is not a necessity, music is."

At the end of the post, the blogger wrote: On the stage of The Voice, he sang the line "But I have music and beer." At that moment, he wasn't just singing; he was telling his own story.

"This post..." Xu Yao flipped through it and suddenly laughed.

"Isn't this a joke I made up? But it's exaggerated; I didn't even know I had depression!"

Scrolling further down, the article has already surpassed 30 million views and tens of thousands of shares, and the comments section looks like this.

【This is exactly me! Dumped after graduating from university, gained 30 pounds from overeating… Xu Yao, we're in the same boat!】

Help! I cried when he said "love isn't a necessity." It's true, you only realize the value of something when you lose it, but music will never betray you.

[The Voice of China stage is truly amazing; it always manages to find people with compelling stories. Go Xu Yao!]

My roommate saw this post and specifically searched for Xu Yao's blind audition. After listening to it, he was completely speechless and then silently bookmarked it.

【Seriously, can you guys stop dragging love into everything? They were talking about "music and beer," the emphasis is on the music, understand?】

[I understand. But beer is also quite important, hahaha, Xu Yao has shattered my preconceived notions about fat people.]

So he's currently weighing 250 pounds entirely because of heartbreak and binge eating? If he loses weight, he'll be a handsome guy, right?

[OP, come out here! Tell me what Xu Yao looks like if he loses weight? A friend of mine wants to see him.]

I don't care what he looks like after losing weight; I just think he sings really well. I've been listening to "I'm Ugly But I'm Gentle" on repeat for a week now.

Xu Yao scrolled through the comments section, initially finding it quite interesting, but then he gradually realized something was amiss.

This article was not written by netizens on their own initiative.

The writing style, the release time, the matrix push from marketing accounts... this is the work of the program team.

He's all too familiar with this tactic: first, let the audience get to know you through blind auditions, then let the audience understand your story through an in-depth report, and then...

Then, at the climax of the story, they take you off the stage.

"Xu Yao regrettably stopped at the top 8", "The fattest dream chaser bids farewell in tears", "Music did not let down the fat man, but fate did not let him down"...

A clip from "The Voice of China" that aired before the winner was crowned became the most expensive single clip in Chinese television history, fetching a record price of 1070 million yuan.

Behind the ratings are topics, trending searches, and the stories of each student whose progress was meticulously planned.

Xu Yao remained calm, tossed his phone aside, and stared at the ceiling.

Looking at it from the perspective of song selection.

It turns out the show's producers had more to do than just eliminate themselves.

The production team needs him to be the one who makes everyone feel wronged online?

Want your show to become a hit again and go viral?

Do you really think fat people are all pushovers?

Ha ha!

Thank you for this massive amount of traffic.